b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\n8993 Ingstad\n_START_SECTION_\nIAU sin navnebegrunnelse\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\n\xc2\xab(8993) Ingstad = 1980 UL Discovered 1980 Oct. 30 by R. M. West at the European Southern Observatory. Helge Ingstad (1899\xe2\x80\x932001) was a pioneer explorer and archeologist. Foremost among his many achievements was his and his wife's discovery of remains from the Viking settlements on Newfoundland. This proved that the Vikings reached North America, probably as the first Europeans.\xc2\xbb"